Luis Felipe Tovar

Acting

Luis Felipe Tovar

Born 1961-12-31 · Puebla, Mexico

Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 31, 1961 in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awarded three times with the Ariel Award: 1993, Principio y Fin, 1995, El Callejón de los Milagros and 1997, Sin remitente. In 2003 he left his old school of performance to open the bar Muxe, whose clients are mainly homosexuals. He has a son named Timoteo and a daughter named Maria Fernanda.

Acting credits

Mujeres infieles 2 poster
6.2

Anthology movie, three stories about marriages in crisis.

Mujeres infieles 2

2003

The Mexican poster
6.0

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

The Mexican

2001

Fantasías poster
6.6

The movie tells the story of a middle-class couple with two teenage children and a boring sex life, in search of new experiences- first with their sexy maid. Later with the advice of an older female friend who has swinger lifestyle with her husband, they decide to explore the possibility of sparking fresh passion by hooking up with a swinger couple. But then, problems arrive when they start to get blackmailed by the male swinger, who wants money to not show some private pictures of the wife. Written by lament

Fantasías

2004

El Diablo poster
NR

A cartel worker demonstrates his skill at climbing, but a series of violent events complicates the Devil's path to power.

El Diablo

2025

Barrio 13 poster
5.2

Beginning and ending with the endless promises of Mexican politicians, Barrio 13 is a film based on the daily life of many Mexicans and Central Americans who struggle with the current realities: poverty, despair, misery and political betrayal.

Barrio 13

2000

Parejas poster
8.0

Comedy about different forms of love in this busy period in which we live. Two pairs of great friends celebrate together their weddings. Between drunkenness and friendship , things get confused. Will love defeat guilt? A prominent businessman lives unbeatable location : it has a beautiful lover, a new job, and wants a child with your partner. But she discovers that she cheats on him . Is a type of self- love?

Parejas

1996

El Carretonero poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El Carretonero

2000

Midaq Alley poster
7.2

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Midaq Alley

1995

Little Saints poster
5.0

After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. The journey forces Esperanza to challenge her own beliefs and face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved daughter.

Little Saints

1999

La Linterna Mágica a la Inquisición poster
6.0

Andrew Oehler, illusionist and tailor's apprentice, born in Germany, departs to travel the world in search for his dreams. He takes his magic lantern and finally arrives in Mexico in 1805 bedazzling people wherever he goes. Can a few lights and mirrors provoke the wrath of the Inquisition?

La Linterna Mágica a la Inquisición

2009

Bienvenido-Welcome poster
6.2

During a business trip, a married man (José) has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of AIDS". Later, his wife Maria, unaware of the situation, makes love to her husband when he is drunk. The consequences of the contagion are devastating. José and María find the support of a group of filmmakers who decide to make a film of their story.

Bienvenido-Welcome

1995

Curse of the Mayans poster
3.6

Danielle Noble (played by Carla Ortiz) and her team of expert cave divers led by an ambitious american archaeologist (Steve Wilcox), undertake an expedition in search of the lost Mayan Library, without imagining they will instead find the hidden gates of hell known as Xib'alb'a.

Curse of the Mayans

2017

Venganza cumplida poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Venganza cumplida

2004

The Virgin of Lust poster
6.8

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?

The Virgin of Lust

2002

Pandillero traficante poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pandillero traficante

2003

Never Too Young to Dream poster
6.2

A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.

Never Too Young to Dream

2001

Gente Comun poster
5.7

Mexican drug kingpin Papi enters a turf war against a team of American mafia intruders led by Mesías. But while the battle rages, the Korean mob sees an opportunity to seize power while its enemies fight each other.

Gente Comun

2006

Morgana poster
6.2

A young girl is hunted by her nightmares

Morgana

2012

Circuito interior poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Circuito interior

1999

Recipes to Stay Together poster
5.9

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley.

Recipes to Stay Together

1996

Zona Invadida poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Zona Invadida

2015

Gimme Power poster
6.7

When a Mexican film director becomes fed up with the crime and corruption in his homeland, he decides to single-handedly take on a powerful band of criminals.

Gimme Power

2000

Barrio 13 al desnudo II poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Barrio 13 al desnudo II

2002

Superhéroe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Superhéroe

2004